Atomizer.



Patented lan. 3D, 1900.

F. C. DUHMENT.

AT 0 M Z E R (Application led Mar. 25, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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niTinp STnTns PATENT OFFICE.

. FRANK C. DORMENT, OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO HOVARD G. COLMAN, OF SAME PLACE.

ATOMIZER.

SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,211, dated J' anuary 30, 1900. Application led March 25, 1899. Serial No. 710,403. (No model.)

To all wtont it may concern:

Be it known that l, FRANK C. DORMENT, of Kalamazoo, in the county of Kalamazoo and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Combination Vaporizer and Atoniizer, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to instruments for atomizing liquids-that is, discharging the i o liquids by air-pressurein a more orless brokenup condition, like line sprinkling or spray; and it also relates to instruments for vaporiz* ing liquids-that is, converting the liquids into light cloud-like vapor and discharging I5 the samei n a condition which floats in the air like smoke.

The objects of my invention are as follows: First, to produce a single instrument which can he used for atomizing and vaporizing liqzo nids at one and the same time and by the same operation; second, to produce a single instrument with improved features that can be used to either atomize or vaporize liquids, and thus obviate the expense and inconvenience of purchasing and using a separate instrument for each separate use, and,third, improved features as the outgrowth of the peculiar construction and arrangement, as will appear in the detailed description and claims.

3o Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the iigures.

Figure l is a View showing the combined device complete. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of Fig. l on line a o.. Fig. 3 is a detail View of the atomizing-tube 7. Fig. i is a detail view of the mouth or throat piece. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the nasal piece 9.

4o Referring to Figs. l and 2, the stopper 3 is provided with an air-passage 4, assuming a right-angle course extending from the side and terminating through the lower surface of said stopper, the opening in the other side 4 5 thereof being screw-threaded and adapted to receive the threaded end of the air-receiving tube la, while the opening in the lower surface is also screw-threaded and adapted to receive the nebulizing-tube The round opening l2, extending vertically through the 5o stopper 8, is screw-threaded at tlie upper surface thereof and adapted to receive the threaded end of the throattube 8. The lower end of the nasal piece 9 is adapted to be attached to the tapered end of the throat-tube 8 by iitting snugly over it. The long stein of the atomizing-tub'e 7, terminating at the upper end in a cap of larger diameter and having a portion of its surface threaded under V the shoulder extension thereof, as shown in 6o Fig. 3, is adapted to be inserted in the hollow of the nasal piece 9 and throat-tube 8 and secured thereto by the threaded portion thereon en gagingin the corresponding threaded portion in the opening in said nasal piece 9, substantially as shown in section in Fig. 2. At the bottom of the stopper 3 is a shoulder extension, as shown in Fig. 2, corresponding in diameter to that across the mouth of the bottle l, the exterior portion of the neck 7o thereof being screw-threaded.

A cap 2 has an opening in the top thereof through which the upper portion of the stopper 3 is inserted, and the shoulder thereon abuts against the rim of said cap, as shown in Fig. 2.

The stopper 3, with its attachments, is adapted to be clamped to the mouth of the bottle 1 by tightening the screw-cap 2, Which engages the threads on the neck of said bot- 8o tle, as shown in Figs. l and 2, the Washer ll being employed between the contacting or abutting portion at the mouth of said bottle and stopper to make the iitting air-tight.

Then it is desired to vaporize the liquid in the receptacle l, the atomizing-tube may be removed, and when pressure is applied to the air-bulb 13, which is connected With the air-receiving tube 14, air is forced through the nebulizing-tube 5, and the adjustable 9o suction-tube in the lower end thereof being adjusted so that the upper extending end is nearly in line with the center of the horizontal portion of said tube 5 the current of air is guided up over the top of the abrupt Wall formed therebyand out through the opening 10 at the joint. This force of the air over the top of the tube G causes a suction and draws the liquid up through said tube 6, where it unites with the air and is forced out through the outlet lO in the form of spray against the Walls of the receptacle, by means ot' which said spray is vaporized and discharged through the vapor-eductiou passage, whether it be through the throat-tube 8, with the nasal piece 9 and the vaporizing-tube 7 detached, or whether the vapor be discharged without detaching these parts 'Zand 9,in the manner explained farther on in connection with the combined use of the instrument at a single operation, in which use it will be seen that the atomizing-tube 7 would not be detached. Y

It is seen that the construction of parts 5 6 I0 and their arrangement with the inside of a portion of the wall of the ybottle l constitutes the vaporizer proper and produces the vapor or light cloud-,like element from the liquids. v

The small suction-tube 6 is adapted to telescope snugly in the vertical lower end of the nebulizing-tube 5 and is adjustable therein, so as to increase or 'decrease the force of the air passing over the upper end thereof for the purpose of producing a heavy or light vapor, as may be desired.

By reference to Fig. 2, it will be seen that the atomizing-tube 7 is smaller than the passage through the throat-tube 8 and through the nasal piece 9, which passage said tube 7 occupies, thus leaving a space between the atomizing-tube 7 and the inner surface ot' the wall of said passage. This space also continues down through the stopper 3.

Vhen it is desired to atomize aliquid which is in the receptacle 1, the nebulizing-tube 5 may be removed and the atomizing-tube 7 inserted, as before described, and s hown in Figs. l and 2, and when air is` forced into said receptacle through the receiving-tube 14 the liquid is forced up through the small inletopening in the bottom of said tube 7, while a portion of the air passes up through the space between tube 7 and the interior walls of tube 8 and nasal piece 9 and out through the openings 15, where the force of air cuts the minute liquid Vstream which is passing up within the vaporizing-tube 7 at right angles and assists in breaking up said minute stream of liquid into an atomized condition, which is delivered or forced out of the upper end of said tube 7.

In treating the nasal passagesl to vapor alone the tube 7 is detached and the nasal n piece 9 is attached on the end of the throattube 8. When treating the mouth, throat, and lungs, the parts 7 and 9 maybe removed, if desired, or either of them. When both are removed, the vapor can be discharged in increased volume. Since the liquids in being converted into vapor come in contact with the inside of the wall of the bottle l, any liquids unconverted into vapor which thus come in contact run back into the volume of tion of the air-passage Whenever used.

liquid in the bottle. It is thus important that the vaporizing be done within the bottle Where the liquids are.`

All the parts of the instrument are madeA to he detachable from each other, as shown, whereby they can be easily and thoroughly cleaned in addition to the other specified objects of such construction. The upper portion of the vapor-eduction passage, which is, as in Fig. 2, the nasal piece'9, is interiorly chambered, forming a compressed-air chamber 17. This nasal piece 9 also forms a por- In the use of the instrument this chamber soon becomes filled with air, for the air does not pass out as fast'as it comes in. ,When a proper air-pressure is establishedgthere is uniformity in the pressure and in the effect on the patient andy hence no annoyance to the patient in either the separate orcombined uses of theinstrument.

Having described the separate uses and referred to the combined use, I will now describe the latter. In treating patients it is frequently desirable and sometimes necessary to administer medicated liquids or oils in both an atomized and a vaporized condition and this at one and the same time and operation. It is very convenient to do so, besides being beneficial. To illustrate an instance: The passages of the nose often need a treatment ofthe liquids in their heavier or atomized form, while the deeper air-passages need a treatment of the lighter or vaporized form. My single instrument is especially adapted for this-combined use. The operation is as follows: When the instrument is arranged as in Figs. 1 and 2 ready for the combined use, place the upper end in the nose and operate the bulb 13. The atomized liquids will pass out of said end into the nose and be deposited in its passages .while the vapor which is made in the bottle passes out through the v space between the atomizingtube 7 and the inner wall of the tube 8 and the nasal piece 9 and out through the holes 15 and on into the nose and on beyond into the deeper air-passages of the head, throat, and lungs. In this use of the instrument the atomized and vaporized liquids are both discharged out of the same outlet in the end of the tube 7.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of a receptacle for holding liquids, an air-receiving tube through which air is forced into the receptacle, a vapor-eduction tube comprising the throat-tube and nasal piece, the delivery end of which is internally screw-threaded, and near said end being enlarged forming a compressed-air chamber, an atomizing-tube for detachable insertion in said vapor-eduction tube and of a size to leave a space between the atomizing-tube and the inner wall of the vapor-eduction tube, said IOO IIO

atomzing-tnbe being externally serew-thread- 1 In testimony of the foregoing I have hereed at the upper end to t into the sorewunto set my hand inthe presence of two Wit- 1o threaded hole of the vaporednoton tube, nesses.

and provided with theright-angled holes lead- 1 -r f J f1 ing into it from the Compressed-nir chamber, RAB Ix C' DORMENL and a construction and arrangement n the Witnesses:

liquid-receptacle for Vaporzngliquids there- BLANCHE BABCOCK,

in, substantially as set forth. l, OSCAR F. COLEMAN. 

